Spincaloritronics with superconductor-ferromagnet heterostructures
Final Report Abstract
We have predicted efficient cooling of spin-split superconducting devices using spinpolarized currents in multi-terminal geometries and in the non-linear regime. We have developed the theory of strongly spin-dependent boundary conditions for quasi-classical Greens functions to describe electric, thermal and spin transport far from equilibrium. We have predicted spin-polarized Shiba bands at interfaces between a strongly spinpolarized magnetic insulator and a superconductor, which can be used for long-range spin transport of heat and charge. Our results pave the way for the development of energy-efficient, superconductor-based low-temperature heat, spin- and charge transport circuits, which could be used for information processing. One of several articles was covered in the media via a press release of University of Konstanz and cited by several social media, e.g. linkedin.com, phys.org or eurekalert.
Publications
- General Boundary Conditions for Quasiclassical Theory of Superconductivity in the Diffusive Limit: Application to Strongly Spin-polarized Systems. New J. Phys. 17, 083037 (2015)
Matthias Eschrig, Audrey Cottet, Wolfgang Belzig, and Jacob Linder
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/17/8/083037) - Nonlinear thermoelectric effects in high-field superconductor-ferromagnet tunnel junctions. Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 7, 1579 (2016)
Stefan Kolenda, Peter Machon, Detlef Beckmann, and Wolfgang Belzig
(See online at https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.7.152) - Creation of equal-spin triplet superconductivity at the Al/EuS interface. Nature Communications 9, 5248 (2018)
Simon Diesch, Peter Machon, Michael Wolz, Christoph S¨rgers, Detlef Beckmann, Wolfgang Belzig, and Elke Scheer
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07597-w) - Spin-splitting induced in a superconductor by an antiferromagnetic insulator. Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 247702 (2018)
Akashdeep Kamra, Ali Rezaei, and Wolfgang Belzig
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.247702) - Spin-flip Enhanced Thermoelectricity in Superconductor-Ferromagnet Bilayers. New. J. Phys. 20, 073034 (2018)
Ali Rezaei, Akashdeep Kamra, Peter Machon, and Wolfgang Belzig
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aad2a3) - Yu-Shiba-Rusinov bands in superconductors in contact with a magnetic insulator. J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 459, 276 (2018)
Wolfgang Belzig and Detlef Beckmann
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2017.10.062)
